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ff. 1-147v. [Florilegium of theological works: sermons, sententiae, dialogues, verses, exempla and distinctions]. Owner-produced collection of theological materials written in England in the first third of the thirteenth century. Works are mainly in prose in the form of full sermons, which are sometimes reduced to sententiae; the preaching material towards the end is arranged schematically into distinctions. Among the authors cited are Stephen Langton as archbishop (e.g. f. 57), John of Cornwall (e.g. f. 23v) and Bernard (e.g. f. 92). There are a few sections in verse, and considerable later marginalia with didactic verses or proverbs, the majority of which are unattributed, although some are ascribed to Bernard or to the Church Fathers. The collection, made up of numerous parts, was apparently put together over a period of time by one or more writers; the divisions between the texts are not always clearly distinguishable. Span folios: ff. 1-147v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-3⁸ 4⁸(+2) 5⁸(to f. 41) 6⁸(ff. 42-47) 7¹⁰ 8¹² 9⁶(ff. 70-74; 5 is a stub) 10⁸(5 is cut away between ff. 78-79, apparently with text missing) 11⁸ 12¹⁰(-6, 9) 13-14¹² 15¹⁰ 16⁸(1 and 2 are stubs, but with text) 17⁸. Signed in roman numerals on the last folio verso of each quire in the upper margin, II-[XIII]; the first quire is now missing. 20-29 long lines, ruled in lead often with double bounding lines; written on the top line. Written by several hands in a small spiky littera textualis. The texts have contemporary cross-referencing, consisting of quire numbers, leaves within the quire, sometimes the page, the position on the page, a mention of the rubric and a tie mark, for example: f. 91v, ""Ad idem in anteriori parte ultimi folii iiiiti quaterni versus finem. Et in anteriori parte secundi folii v quaterni circa medium de herbis"" (with no corresponding marks on ff. 24, 26 to which this note refers); f. 104, ""Ad idem in dextera parte penultimo folio xvi quaterni"" (with a tie mark) and its reverse reference on f. 131v, ""Ad idem in sinistra parte vii [sic] folio xiiii quaterni"" (with the matching tie mark). Other marginalia consist of finding notes, often touched with color, and nota marks; running headlines have been added on ff. 110-123. Decoration: Rubrics, when present, are usually in red; on ff. 110-123, they are in the ink of the text touched in green, as are the authorities carefully listed in the margins. Initials are seldom more than 2 lines in height, and usually plain red; occasionally they may be in green, yellow or a bright turquoise blue. The first letters of the distinctions on ff. 124-135 are touched in red, green, yellow or bright blue with only one color used on a given opening; on ff. 140-147 the initials have simple flourishes of another color. Sketches of animals in the lower margins of ff. 10, 14v, 30v and 59; on f. 36 a large sketch colored in green showing a monk and an angel conversing. On f. 39, a strip of outer margin has been sliced and twisted into a slit as a tab. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/21/2012. Bound in 20th century white pigskin over pasteboards. HM 26960. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Theology--Early works to 1800 Sermons, Latin--Early works to 1800 Miscellanies England 13th century. (aat) Sketches England 13th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
In sale catalogue 106 of H. W. Edwards, 1963, n. 22. Acquired by the Huntington Library at that time.
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